The Guatemala
Mission-Tour
Messages Received while our
travelers were away. They have safely returned home and are sharing their
stories, not only with our congregation, but many others as well! |
| Tues. Feb. 25th |
St. Paul's Congregation;
As we move from project to project, it is like going into another
world. Today we spent time with a Mayan community which has
been supported by the Presbyterian Church of Canada as well as P.W.S.
& D. - support in the form of no-interest loans for training,
seed corn and seed potatoes.
Each day is an adventure in sights, food and customs.
We shall have a fantastic story to tell.
Right now we do not know how this can be done to do the experience
justice.
We send our love,
The Guatemala Group
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| Saturday, Feb. 22 |
Bob phoned at about 10 o'clock. I missed the call. He phoned
home; I was in the Church office. He left a message on my answering
machine. I quote "roughly". " The trip and experience At
San Miguel is more than we could hope for. These are beautiful people. The
four walls to the clinic are up. Some 300 people attended a "Canada
Night" celebration in the village last night (Friday). They were
leaving San Miguel to see other parts of Guatemala and other
projects.
We will keep everyone posted if we hear more.
(John Cruickshank) |
| Wed. Feb. 19th
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We had a phone call at noon today (12.30) from Bob Ellis in San Miguel
las Pilas. The temperature there is 33 degrees C. Everyone is well. The
accommodations for the group is very satisfactory. Yesterday they toured
the Francisco Coll School which is built on the edge of the dump of
Guatemala City. Most of the students come from the slum dwellers of
Guatemala. Bob indicated that the children were very wonderful/nice. He
said that it was an emotional time for the group. Indeed, his voice broke
as he was telling it to us. Last night, the whole community of San Miguel
came out to meet them with gifts for them and they had a public reception.
Today, the ladies from our group are getting together with women from the
community and they are showing them how they do their laundry and how they
bake tortillas. The Medical Centre that we are building is much larger than
we had anticipated. The group seemed surprised by this. The community
appears to
be very progressive as they work hard together to try to improve their lot
and to make a difference. Friday, we presume in the evening, there will be
another celebration. At that, our group will present them with gifts,
chief among them is the very lovely "Spanish Pulpit Bible". Our
group will be at San Miguel until Saturday. Bob indicated that he would
call again. |
| Mon. Feb.17th |
We have heard from the Head Office that the Guatemala
Group has arrived
safely. There was however, a delay in El Salvador waiting for their
plane
coming from La Guardia Airport due to heavy snow in New York. They
arrived
in Guatemala at
10.30 p.m. It must have been a long day!
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